understudy; to act as an
understudy to sb 排练当候补演
.员；做替角
under-take /.Anda'teik; NAmE -dar't-/ verb (under-took /-'tuk/, under-taken /-'teikan/) {formal) 1 [VN] to make yourself responsible for sth and start doing
it 承担；从 事；负责：to undertake a tasfc/project 承担一个任奪 /
undertaker /'And8teik0(r);
NAmE -ddrt-/ (also funeral director) (NAmE also mor-ti-ciah) noun a person whose job is to prepare the
bodies of dead people to be buried or cremated,
and to arrange funerals 秦葬表办乂 ；滨
仪服务员
under-tak-ing /.Anda'teikirj; /VAwf
-dar't-/ noun 1 [C] a task or project,
especially one that is important and/or difficult (重大或艰巨的U壬务项目，事业；企业
cnn venture
： He is interested in buying the
club as a commercial
undertaking.他有意购买那个俱余部作为投
资。〇 In those days, the trip across
country was a dangerous imdertafcing.那个时fe，越野旅行是一件危险
的事情。2 [C] ~ (to do sth) | ~ (that …）（/ormfl/) an agreement or
a promise to do sth 承法；保症；许诺:；
答应：a government undertaking to spend more on education政府增加教育经费的承诺◊ rhe iancHord
gave a written
undertaking that the repairs would be carried out.房东书面保征将进行维修。3 /_And9teikm;
AMmf -dart-/ [U] the business of an un<iertalcer 寒仪业；丧葬业
,under-the-'counter
adj.
(informaf) illegal 非法的;私下的；暗中的
undertone /'Andataun; NAmE 'Andartoun/ noun ~ [of sth) a feeling, quality or
meaning that is not expressed directly but is still noticeable from what sb
says or does 蕴涵的感情（或特质、意思）；寓意；弦办乏音saa
undercurrent： His soft words contained an
undertone o/waming•他温和的话中蕴涵着警舎之意《 ◊ does not have the political undertones of
the novel.
戏没有小说的那种政治寓意。一compare overtone n>rai in an undertone \ in undertones in a quiet voice概声地；小声地
undertook
pt of undertake
under-tow /'Andatau; NAmE 'Andertou/ noun [usually sing.] 1 a current in the sea or
ocean that moves in the opposite direction to the water near the surface 底碑； tR
下逆流：77ie chfidren were carried out to sea by
the strong undertow.强大的p流把孩子们卷到海里去丫。
2 〜（of sth) a feeling or quality
that influences people in a particular situation even though they may not
really be aware of it潜在的倾向（或特质）；感染力 under-trial /'Andatraial; NAmE 'Andart-/ noun (Ind^) a person who has been
cWged with a crime 候:审者:： TTze undertrfak wi’H appear in court nexrweefc.候考将 广卜周出庭。
underused /.Anda'juizd; NAmE -dar'j-/ (also formal under-utiMzed) adj. not used as much as it could or should be 未免奋利用的；浪费的►■under-use.
/.Aiida'jius;
NAmE -dar'j-/ {also formal under-utiMza-tion) noun [U] underutil-ized (BrE also -ised) /.Anda'juitalaizd; NAmE -dar'j-/ adj. (formal) = underused ►
under-utii-iza-tiQn, -isa-tion/,Anda
juitalaiz'eijn;
undervalue /.Anda'vaelju:; NAmE -dar'v-/ verb [VN] [usually passive] to not recognize how good, valuable or
i mportant sb/sth really is低估丨对…认说索足；接®: Education is currently undervalued
in this country. 这个国家对教育重视不够。◊ He Mfeves his house has
been undervdued•他i义为自的房宇韨镇太低。EEQ
OVERVALUE
underwater O-w /,And0'wD：t0(r); NAmE -der'w-l adj. [only before noun]
found, used or happening
below the surface of water
水下W ;用于水下的；水f氣;生的：underwater creatures 水生动物◊ an underwater
camera 水下，摄影机
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►
under-water adv. ： Take a deep breath
and. see how Zong you can stay underwater.深唤一..口气，.看你能在水
里待多久。
underway /.Anda'wei; NAmE -dar'w-/ adj, [not before noun] ITilTil be underway = be under way at way n. under-weaf tHw /'Andawea^); NAmE 'Andarwer/ noun [U] (also formal under-clothes [pi.] under-clothing [U})
clothes that you wear under
other clothes and next to the skin 内衣；衬衣：She packed one change 〇/ underwear. 她打行李时带了一套换洗的 内衣。 underweight /.Ande'weit; NAmE -dar'w-/ adj. (especially of a
person X) weighing less than the normal or expected weight体金不足的；未达到正常体重的：
She
is a few pounds underweight for (= in relation to) her height.就其身高而言'，她的体重还差几磅。EHS OVERWEIGHT
under-wenf pt of undergo
under-whelmed /.Anda'welmd; NAmE -dar'w-/ adj. {informal, humorous) not impressed with or
excited about sth at all无岛于衷的；毫不激动的：We were disrinctZy
underwheZmed by the Erector’s speech.主任!的 讲话显然令我们感觉索然无味。一compare overwhelmed
underwhelming
/.Anda'welmir)； NAmE -dar'w-/ adj. (informal, humorous) not impressing or exciting you at all平庸的；索然无味的：出6〇)«^05广&6阶66/171{5(«^厂- whelming guitar-playing and his underwhelming
singing 他那激昂的吉他演奏与其味同嚼蜡的f唱之间的反差- under-wired
/.Anda'waiad; NAmE' .Andar'waierd/ adj. (of a bra
胸罩）having a.thin metal
strip sewn into the bottom half of each cup to improve the shape 钢托式■的 (罩杯下半部缝金属撑条 用金属条定型的
underworld /'And0W3：ld; NAmE 'And0rw3：rld/ noun [sing.] 1 the people and
activities involved in crime in a particular place 黑社会；黑道；犯罪集团：the criminal imderworii 罪恶的黑社.会◊ the Gkwgow
imderworZd 格拉斯哥的M社各 2 the underworld (in myths and legends, for example those of ancient Greece 神话、 传说中的）the place under the
earth where people are believed to go when they die 阴间;…冥府；阴#地府
underwrite /.Anda'rait; NAmE -dar'r-/ verb (underwrote /-'raut; NAmE -'rout/, under-writ-ten /-'ritn/) [VN] (technical 7^if) 1 to accept
financial responsibility for an activity so that you will pay for special costs
or for losses it may make承担经挤责任（包括支付特别费用或
损失）2 to accept
responsibility for an insurance policy so that you will pay money in case loss
or damage happens 承.担保险责丨壬；.承福 3 to agree to buy shares that are not bought by the
public when new shares are offered foy sale包销，承销（未获认购的新发行股份）
underwriter /'And8raita(r)/ noun 1 a person or organization
that underwrites insurance policies, especially for ships承保人，保险商（尤指船只2 a. person whose job
is to estimate the risks involved in a particular activity and decide how much
sb must pay for insur- ance核保人（对投保项•目进行风险评估并决定保险费率)i un-des-cend-ed /.Andi'sendid/ adj. (medical E) (of a testicle 睾丸）staying inside the body instead of moving
down normally into the .scrotum 未下降（.入 阴囊）的;内隐的
un-deserved /.Andi'zsivd; NAmE -'Z3：rvd/ adj. that sb does not deserve and therefore
unfair 不应得的；冤枉 的;：不'公正的■: The criticism was totally undeserved. 批评纟i属冤备人。◊ an undeserved victory不该得到的胜
f!j ►
un-deserved-ly /-di'z3：vidli; NAmE -'Z3：rv-/ adv. un-deserv-ing /,Andi'z3：vii]； NAmE -'Z3：rv-/ adj.
~ (of sth) (/brma/) not
deserving.to have or receive sth 不够格的； 不相当的；不配的：He was. undeserving 〇/ her ejections. 4不配彳i到她的爱。EQ3 deserving un-desirable /.Andi'zaiarabl/ adj,, noun m adj. not wanted or approved
of; likely to cause trouble or problems不想要的；不得人心的；易惹麻烦的：
undesirable
consequences/effects 〇 It
would be highly undesirable
to increase class sizes 知rt/ier.再增加班级人数/是大家都极不愿意的。/ ◊